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Grade 10 Evolution
You often hear people refer to evolution as "just a theory." What is the MOST LIKELY misconception that people who say this have?
  1. They think a theory is just a guess, but in science a theory has a lot of evidence and is considered true by most experts.
  2. They think evolution is about the big bang.
  3. They think animals evolved, but most biologists disagree.
  4. They think microevolution is true, but macroevolution is impossible.
Grade 10 Evolution
Which situation does NOT provide evidence for the common ancestry of species?
  1. morphological similarity
  2. similarity in genes and DNA
  3. transitional fossils
  4. pattern of the appearance of traits in the fossil record
  5. presence of modern species in the earliest fossils
Grade 10 Evolution
Which statement does NOT describe homologous structures?
  1. same formation
  2. do not share recent ancestors
  3. share recent ancestors
  4. similar structure and function
Grade 10 Evolution
Unlike a lethal mutation, a neutral mutation
  1. does not change the sequence of bases in DNA.
  2. is affected by natural selection.
  3. will occasionally be favored by a change in the environment.
  4. has been altering phenotypes for billions of years.
Grade 10 Evolution
The situation in which allele frequencies remain constant is
  1. genetic equilibrium.
  2. allele equilibrium.
  3. Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
  4. genetic-allele principle.
Grade 10 Evolution
All the statements about the endosymbiotic theory are true EXCEPT:
  1. Aerobic prokaryotes evolved into mitochondria.
  2. Photosynthetic prokaryotes evolved into chloroplasts.
  3. All organelles evolved from specialized enfoldings of the plasma membrane.
  4. Eukaryotic cells arose from the merging of different prokaryotic organisms.
Grade 10 Evolution
If formerly interbreeding organisms are prevented from the production of fertile offspring,                        has occurred.
  1. behavioral isolation
  2. reproductive isolation
  3. physiologic isolation
  4. geographic isolation
Grade 10 Evolution
Sparrows with average–sized wings survive severe storms better than those with longer or shorter wings, illustrating
  1. the bottleneck effect.
  2. disruptive selection.
  3. frequency–dependent selection.
  4. neutral variation.
  5. stabilizing selection.
Grade 10 Evolution
What was the main idea that Thomas Malthus's work gave to Darwin?
  1. belief in a constant struggle for survival
  2. belief that we evolved from fish
  3. belief in similar evolution
  4. belief in evolution
Grade 10 Evolution
What book did Charles Darwin write that is still being used today?
  1. The Natural Selection Theory
  2. How Finches Survive During a Dry Year
  3. On the Origin of Species
  4. The Theory of Revolution
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